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Neighbors ask Luzerne County Council to oppose PPL 500 kV transmission line and data center growth

3293477 · May 9, 2025
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Summary

A local grassroots group urged county council to meet about and consider a resolution opposing PPL’s proposed 500‑kV transmission line and associated data‑center development, citing landscape, property value and environmental concerns.

Annie Venatieri of the Alliance to Stop the Line addressed Luzerne County Council and asked the county to engage with residents opposing PPL’s proposed 500‑kilovolt transmission line and data‑center development.

Venatieri said the Alliance is a grassroots group based in the Sugarloaf–Nescopeck area and described the proposed line as using roughly 200‑foot poles (up to 240 feet in some…

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